Passport to Pimlico: a behind the scenes tour – in pictures

Passport to Pimlico: a behind the scenes tour – in pictures

The British comedy, made by Ealing studios and directed by Henry Cornelius, in which a group of London residents discover an undeground treasure trove from Burgundy and declare a state of independence in the heart of London, is being
screened around the country on 5 June to mark the Queen's diamond jubilee. Take a look at some of the photographs from the set of this charming 1949 classic and uncover a twist about the filming …

Monday 28 May 2012 11.48 EDT
First published on Monday 28 May 2012 11.48 EDT

A tube carriage replica used for filming the London Underground 'customs' scenes

Passport to Pimlico was actually filmed in … Lambeth, in a cleared bomb site off the Lambeth Road. The pub you can see in this photo was the Union Flag, and is now the Corner Cafe on the junction of Lambeth Road and Hercules Road

The set featuring a Pimlico street with fictional pubs and shops was built on a site that used to comprise Canterbury Place and Saville Place, SE11, bordered by Lambeth Walk and in the foreground, Lambeth Road

Filming a scene on the Lambeth set. The film-makers had to make sure they dismantled everything and left the site as they found it, so as not to undermine the War Damage Compensation claims of the owners whose houses had formerly stood on the site